While the federal Department of Labor’s new overtime rule remains enjoined pending an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the New York Department of Labor (NYDOL) has moved forward with its own changes...more
On November 22, 2016, a federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction preventing the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from implementing its new overtime rule. The rule – which would have raised the salary threshold...more
On December 1, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s new overtime rule will take effect. Most significantly, effective December 1, 2016, the minimum salary a worker must be paid to qualify for the executive, administrative,...more
On August 1, 2016, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed the Pay Equity Act (the “Act”) into law. The Act, which goes into effect on January 1, 2018, is designed to close the wage gap between men and women. Although...more
On July 13, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced revisions to its proposed pay data collection rule, which would require employers with 100 or more employees to annually report employee pay data...more
On May 18, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued its final rule revising the so-called “white collar” exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Most significantly, the rule raises the minimum salary...more
The Massachusetts Wage Act automatically entitles an employee who proves an unlawful failure to pay wages to treble damages. On June 18, 2015, however, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge ruled in Littlefield v. Adcole...more
As promised earlier this summer, on July 15, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued an “Administrator’s Interpretation” (AI) regarding when individuals are misclassified as independent...more
On June 30, 2015, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) released a proposed rule which, if implemented, will alter the minimum salary threshold for the so-called “white collar” exemptions to the minimum wage and...more